Organizational Leadership

Leveraging Digital Tools to Support Recovery From Substance Use Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic Response

Discusses the advantages and challenges for using new technology and digital tools to support individuals with substance use disorder, including alcohol use disorder, noting that telehealth can provide certain benefits for patients who need care delivered remotely

Integrating Behavioral Health into Primary Care Through Medicaid Managed Care

This webinar is part of the Center for Health Care Strategies’ Strengthening Primary Care through Medicaid Managed Care learning series on integrating behavioral health into primary care, providing a national perspective on behavioral health integration, provider perspectives, and a look at the integration approach happening in Arizona.

Improving Substance Use Services for Youth: Policy Opportunities for State Medicaid/CHIP Programs

This report describes policy priorities for Medicaid/Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) that States could implement to improve services and care for adolescents and young adults with substance use disorders, with a focus on prevention and early intervention.

Implementing Substance Use Screening Toolkit

This toolkit provides steps and resources such as webinars, worksheets, and workflow examples for implementing screening for substance use disorders into family planning visits.

Implementing Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention in Primary Care: Identifying Barriers, Proposing Solutions

Identifies barriers to widespread implementation of screening and brief intervention and proposes potential solutions

Implementing Adolescent SBIRT: Findings from the FaCES Project

Evaluates the implementation of adolescent screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) in 13 different primary care clinics, which involved training and technical assistance and incorporated use of the electronic health records

Implementation Science: Effective, Engaging Strategies for Virtual Implementation Facilitation

As part of the AcademyHealth's series highlighting takeaways from the 13th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, this blog post explores opportunities and challenges of remote implementation facilitation and shares best practices for effective engagement during and after the pandemic.